Louis C. Pouncy Jr., 38, of Highspire, was sentenced this morning to 9 to 23 months in Dauphin County Prison's work-release center for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Pouncy pleaded no contest in March to charges including sexual assault, statutory sexual assault and indecent assault of someone under 16. The sentence imposed by President Judge Todd A. Hoover was part of a plea deal.

Hoover ordered Pouncy to serve 5 years of probation after his work-release term. Pouncy will have to register with police as a sex offender for 10 years.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Gettle said Pouncy was accused in July 2009 of taking the girl to his home after meeting her in a public park. He showed the teen pornography and had sex with her, Gettle said.

He originally was charged with rape, but the girl later recanted her claim that Pouncy had forced her to have sex, Gettle said. She said Pouncy claimed the girl told him she was older than she really was.

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